revlie's Tip/technique

some of you might have noticed i use a LOT of handwritten journaling on my pages. and not only handwritten journaling, but i also LOVE to create handwritten titles. so it is about time to show the trick, there is really nothing to it. really. believe me, once you've tried it, you will thank me. ha. or not.

OK, let's go:

 

here's the easy part. get these materials ready. some left over white cardstock, pencil, pens, scissors, eraser, ink.

write your title with a pencil. i just try to write 'italic' and really do not mind if the letters are straight / even or not. just go with the flow and write in ONE time.

sometimes i use just one word as a part of my title, sometimes i write it completely by hand. if you look at it now it looks crooked and sooo out of line. just hang in there. it'll all be okay :D

after you write your title, outline it. just put some 'shadows' here and there. i don't know any rules. i just create extra lines.

after you draw the extra lines, color it in, still with the pencil. so you create the shadows.

when you are happy with how it looks, than color it in with a (black) marker.

after i colored all the letters in, it looks like this. still looks kinda crooked right? use your eraser to erase all the pencil lines still visible, and the stains (i always have stains...)

than cut it out. leave a little bit of a white margin around the letters and just cut around them following the lines of the letters.

after you've cut the word out, you'll have this. looks so much better to me than the 2 pics above.

next:ink the edges with a contrasting color, put on some glue dots beneath to let your title pop up and create a page, like this one:

(background is fabric) i'm really really blessed to be a part of this group, and extremely happy to call them my friends. thanks girls.

of course you can use this technique to create titles, but also subtitles, or part of titles. some examples...

on the front of this mini-album i used it as a part of the title (uhm. strange title? yes, it was a mini about my almost 2 year old boy Ruben having heavy diarrhea for 3!!! weeks...)

here i used it not as part of the title, but just to mention her name on my layout.

and sometimes the letters i want to use as a title are too large, or the word is too long. than it comes in handy, cause you can create any size you want!

so, what are you waiting for? embrace your inner Heidi Swapp (who started my love for handwriting by the way) and get going!

rev

Comments

[liesbeth]

Cool tip Revlie! I'm definitely going to try this! I love how versatile it is!

[Lynette]

I love your hand journalling...but mine is awful!

[elisa p]

great idea thanks! those LO are beautifull

[Jenneke]

Thanks Revlie, for this GREAT tip!!! Gonna try!!!!

[nicole]

That is awesome! TFS!

[Ellemieke]

Thanks for the tip, sweetie! And some of that fabric looks pretty familiar.....hihi!

[Lynn]

Love this! And Love that cute OLW layout! So fun!

[wendela]

thanks for inspiration!

[DaniH]

Easy-squeezy! So simple even a 38 year old can do it?!

[Diana Willis]

Rev, love your writing and I think I am going to give this a try - and that title for your son's book is hilarious!!! Love your OLW layout too - you got some fabulous sisters in your family!!! xoxo - Diana

[Jan]

Oh, thanks SO much for this tip. I just adore this look and can't wait to try it in my paper scrapping! ;)